Jhonny Peralta picked a great time to hit his first home run of the season. The Tigers shortstop fouled off three pitches from Chicago White Sox reliever Matt Thornton (1-1) before belting a game-winning two-run home run to right field.
Most of the game was dominated by the pitching of starters Drew Smyly for the Tigers, and Jake Peavy for the White Sox. Smyly threw 99 pitches surrendering onl...

Most of the time in life what matters is what one does, not what you say you will do. Baseball General Managers have the rare aspect of their job description in that other people (the media and fans) spend a lot of time focused on what we think they should do. Every writer, analyst and fan has their own opinion regarding what their team should do before the vaunted non-waiver trading deadline.
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It's amazing how a couple wins can make me feel better. I've taken a couple chill pills since my last post. I may nat be happy with the direction of the team, but your many responses made me realize that you all feel the same.
I am all about effort. Show the effort, and I can forgive a lot of things. Show me a quitter attitude, like Sunday's performance, and I seethe.
Did Vernon Wells read my ...

Most people go through life as either an optimist or a pessimist. The age-old adage is that the optimist sees the glass as half full, the pessimist sees that same glass as half empty. The same can be applied to the Chicago White Sox performance so far this season.
The pessimist sees a 15-23 record, including an awful 5-11 record at home which has been a strength of the Sox in the past. A team b...

Kenrick should be the fifth starter in 2011... by default
The Phillies announced on Thursday that they will offer contracts for the 2011 season to both OF Ben Francisco and pitcher Kyle Kendrick. Francisco and Kendrick are the team’s only two remaining players who are eligible for salary arbitration.
Do the Phillies think Francisco is the next Werth?
There was no doubt that the Phils would of...

Roy Halladay is the unanimous 2010 National League Cy Young Award winner. There were 32 votes cast (two votes in each NL city), and Halladay received all 32 first-place votes. He is the 13th unanimous NL winner, receiving a perfect 224 points (7 points for first place, 4 for second, 3 for third, two for fourth and one for fifth). The BBWAA expanded the Cy Young Award ballot from 3 to 5 pitc...

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12: Giants 6, Padres 1
Lincecum V Latos pitted two of the game’s best right-handers against one another in a fierce, no-holds-barred steel cage match. Latos, of course, has filled the role left by Jake Peavy as San Diego ace/Giant killer. His breakout sophomore season (14-5, 2.21 coming in) is thanks in no small part to the Giants’ total ineptitude against him in 4 previou...

The Angels have overcome a lot of adversity this season and it is amazing that the club leads the AL West, once again, by three games. But that being said the Angels need pitching help. While the 100-win Halos of 2008 relied on superior pitching this year’s club has been almost a complete reverse. The Angels powerful offense has delivered for them this season. It is no coincidence that in...

As the Los Angeles Dodgers concluded their series sweep of the San Diego Padres on Sunday afternoon at Dodgers Stadium, one thing stood out above all: the Padres have some much-needed work to do if they want to fathom contending in the NL West, let alone end their five-game skid.
Sure, the Padres have only played about 15 percent of the 162-game schedule but, already 6.5 games back of the NL ...